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Repairing the Spiritual Damage of War:

Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury After War by Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini, PhD.

A Veteran's Day post by Gabriella Lettini at Huffington Post looks at the concept of Moral Injury as a wound of war: 

War does not end when peace is declared and the troops come home. It continues to affect the bodies, psyches, souls, lands and communities of everyone involved. War's tragic legacy passes on from generation to generation, more dangerously so when it is ignored and left unattended.

More about Soul Repair:

Publishers Weekly review: "eloquent and unflinching discourse on war's problematic moral core." 

Excerpt on BeliefNet

Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock interviewed on Interfaith
Voices 

 

Faitheist is Everywhere:

Faitheist: How an
Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious by Chris Stedman

Since there are far too many links to post, here are a few highlights of media and mentions for Chris Stedman and Faitheist:

Christian Century review posted online November 2
Starred review in Booklist: "Stedman’s story is motivational, his thoughts on interreligious dialogue insightful, and in this short memoir, he proves himself an activist in the truest sense and one to watch."

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly segment on atheism, humanism, and the religiously unaffiliated.

State of Belief interview with Rev. Walton Gaddy

"Why I'm Proud to Work With a Faitheist" on Patheos.com

Salon.com excerpt

Edge Online November 2 feature 

On Being Both exploration of interfaith issues.

 

Fanpire Blog Tour:

Fanpire: The Twilight Saga and the Women Who Love It by Tanya Erzen

Fanpire took a bite out of the blogosphere last week with the Get Bitten blog tour:

Excerpt from the Introduction on the IndieWire blog Women and Hollywood

Guest post by Tanya Erzen at Feminism and Religion

Guest post by Tanya Erzen at Bitch Flicks

A look at Fanpire and the Twilight phenomenon at Fang-tastic Books

Guest post by Tanya Erzen at Everyday Sociology Blog

 

Coming Soon:

The $60,000 Dog:
My Life With Animals by Lauren
Slater

Excerpt posted at Salon.com

Powells.com Q&A with Lauren Slater;  

My Mother’s Wars by Lillian Faderman

“My Mother’s
Wars tells the aching story of immigrant factory workers in the decades preceding
World War II — sad lives made sadder by the terrified knowledge that their
families in Europe are being extinguished.  The book is part memoir, part
reconstruction … and all artistry.” —Edith Pearlman, author of Binocular
Vision

Fast Future: How the Millennial
Generation Is Shaping Our World by David D. Burstein

Kirkus Reviews in print (Dec 1) and online (Nov 12): “An inspiring look at what the
millennial generation is doing in America.”

“With careful research and thoughtful
observation, David Burstein holds a mirror up to his own generation and tries
to help all of us better understand who they are, what matters to them, and how
they may shape the future. Everyone who is fascinated by Millennials—and how
can we not be?—will learn something from this book.”—Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour